"Avengers: Endgame"probably had more hype than any other movie in HISTORY . . . and yet, it somehow still managed to EXCEED expectations.
Opening weekend projections for"Endgame"started at around $250 million last month and grew to $300 million over the past week or two . . . but it ended up raking in$350 MILLIONin the U.S., and$1.2 BILLIONworldwide. That shatters the previous records of $257.7 million domestically, and $640.5 million globally, which were both were set by"Avengers: Infinity War"last year. "Endgame"is thefastest movieto ever top $1 billion globally, doing it in just five days. It took"Infinity War"11 days.And"Endgame"ALREADY ranks as the 18th largest worldwide release ever . . . and the sixth largest worldwide release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The 22 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have now grossed over $19.8 billion worldwide, and NINE have topped $1 billion at the global box office.
Of course, there was no competition . . . because no other major movie wanted to share an opening weekend with"Endgame".
Here's the Top 10. . .
1.NEW:"Avengers: Endgame",$350 million
2."Captain Marvel",$8.1 million.Up to $413.6 million in its 8th week.
3."The Curse of La Llorona", $7.5 million.Up to $41.3 million in its 2nd week.
4."Breakthrough", $6.3 million.Up to $26.1 million in its 2nd week.
5."Shazam!",$5.5 million.Up to $131.1 million in its 4th week.
6."Little",$3.4 million.Up to $35.8 million in its 3rd week.
7."Dumbo",$3.2 million.Up to $107 million in its 5th week.
8."Pet Sematary",$1.3 million.Up to $52.6 million in its 4th week.
9."Us",$1.1 million.Up to $172.8 million in its 6th week.
10. Disneynature's"Penguins",$1.1 million.Up to $5.7 million in its 2nd week.
For what it's worth, Deadline.com says that when the dust settles (no pun intended) the final opening weekend numbers for"Endgame"could be even higher . . . at around $354.4 million.
Here are on the individual records "Endgame" broke. And last we checked, "Endgame" had a 96% critics score on RottenTomatoes.com, and a 92% audience score.